Selahattin Demirtaş, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Turkish politician
Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1973
Place of Birth: Palu, Turkey
Profession: lawyer, politician
Nationality: Turkey
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
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About Selahattin Demirtaş
- Selahattin Demirtas (Turkish pronunciation ; born 10 April 1973) is a Turkish politician of Zaza Kurdish descent, member of the parliament of Turkey since 2007.
- He was co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdag from 2014 to 2018.
- Since November 2016 he has been detained by the Turkish state.
- Demirtas was the presidential candidate of the HDP in the 2014 presidential election, coming in third place with 9.77% of the vote.
- The HDP executive board also fielded Demirtas as their candidate for the 2018 presidential election.
- Running from prison, he came in third with 8.40% of the vote.
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